Islanders playing boules on the beach at Laig Bay on the Hebridean island of Eigg. The island of Eigg was one of a chain of islands which lie of Scotland's west coast and was accessible by a state-run lifeline service from the mainland. The residents on Eigg organised a buy-out of the island in the late 1990s and took it into community

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Size: 3047px × 2031px
Location: Isle of Eigg, Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom
Photo credit: © Colin McPherson / Alamy / Afripics
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